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Of the 10 worst spam support ISPs listed by Spamhaus, China has three providers with 143 known spam issues unresolved as at 4 January 2012. China has chinanet-zj with 60 spam issues (ranked number 1), chinanet-fj with 43 spam isssues (ranked # 7) and chinanet-jx with 40 spam issues (ranked # 9). The one closest [...]
We have received a news alert from ACMA and as part of our public service, we are reprinting the said bulletin in its entirety: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Communications and Media Authority are calling on Australians to immediately hang up the phone if scammers call, staying alert to this growing [...]
The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce is currently running (1 – 7 March 2010) its annual scams education and awareness campaign. This news bulletin is a public service of SPAMWATCHERS.COM to assist in creating awareness of online consumer frauds and scams. You should be aware of the following more common online scams in order to protect [...]
We are sure you have seen them. These are the familiar “Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: emails”, the chain emails. We are not talking about funnies or “feel good” stories that we receive from time to time. We are talking about bogus emails and email hoaxes. We are talking about emails with messages covering subjects [...]
Spamwatchers is dedicated as a reporting site to share with internet users and friends on how to avoid being spammed, and scammed. It is not surprising therefore that from time to time, there are attempts to discredit Spamwatchers or some of its affiliated websites (see list). The most common attacks against Spamwatchers include spams pretending [...]
Whether you are collecting email addresses via a subscription form in your website or not, it is best practice to have a page which outlines your website’s privacy policy. A privacy policy page sets out your information collection practices. It also sets your website apart as one that is transparent. Although privacy legislations have been [...]
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